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Relient K - Must Have Done Something Right

2008-12-05T22:43:00.001+08:00

I'm Now Who I Was

2008-11-14T22:37:00.002+08:00

The song that set a number of high-schoolers in the states on a war path, wearing a shirt saying

"I'm Not Who I Was" on the front

and

"Ask Me Why" on the back ..

it's also the song that i heard on klove some time back and well, i love it =)

click here for the link to the youtube music video =) ... or just copy and paste the link ... - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpOLyR8MwiA

Brandon Heath - I'm Not Who I Was
From the album Don't Get Comfortable

Brandon Heath – I’m Not Who I Was
From the album – Don’t Get Comfortable

I wish you could see me now
I wish I could show you how
I'm not who I was
I used to be mad at you
A little on the hurt side too
But I'm not who I was

I found my way around
To forgiving you
Some time ago
But I never got to tell you so

I found us in a photograph
I saw me and I had to laugh
You know, I'm not who I was
You were there, you were right above me
And I wonder if you ever loved me
Just for who I was

When the pain came back again
Like a bitter friend
It was all that I could do
To keep myself from blaming you

I reckon it's a funny thing
I figured out I can sing
Now I'm not who I was
I write about love and such
Maybe 'cause I want it so much
I'm not who I was

I was thinking maybe I
I should let you know
I am not the same
But I never did forget your name
Hello

Well the thing I find most amazing
In amazing grace
Is the chance to give it out
Maybe that's what love is all about

I wish you could see me now
I wish I could show you how
I'm not who I was

2008-11-12T23:45:00.002+08:00

well, you really don't need to feel guilty ...

sometimes, people simply feel happy being around someone that they made happy =)

no necessity to re-pay or whatever ... just appreciate and let the person feel appreciated =)

it's the thought that counts ...

that is, unless the so-called 'thought' doesn't concur with the actions =/

2008-10-01T23:25:00.004+08:00

tch.... well... who would have thought?... a day or two after i posted the stuff about nice guys finishing last?... i realise i'm quite a fool...

Everyone in the world is worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.

... and well ... the the word 'love' in english just doesn't cut it ... 'love' has 3 forms in greek ... and since agape-love is an attitude ... i could sub 'nice' in place of 'love' here and it'll still make perfect sense ....

1 cor 13:1-3

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but am not nice, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but am not nice, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but am not nice, I gain nothing.

btw, ever heard this arguement?

too much learning overtaxes the brain

well ... we cannot overload the human brain. It has fourteen billion cells. If used to the maximum, this human computer inside out heads could contain all the knowledge of humanity from the beginning of the world and still have room left over.

I guess there is a limit to how much we can absorb in a day .. but well, the human brain is amazing ... it stores everything we encounter ... the problem isn't data entry .. it's retrieval .. cos we simply suck at organising our data ... (think of how de-fragging a computer hdd speeds it up ... if only we could de-frag our brains ... =P)

it's really true huh? ...

2008-09-29T22:17:00.001+08:00

nice guys come in last ...

enough said.

new toy =P

2008-09-17T23:06:00.003+08:00

heh heh ... i just bought a new toy =P

yup, it's a lensbaby, a cute strange-looking lens that is 'finger' focus, rather than manual or auto focus ... heh heh ... the learning curve is pretty steep ... but i think i'll manage =P

something ... interesting ....

2008-09-05T20:24:00.001+08:00

Apparently ... written by a guy (not me)

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You might agree with it, but when it actually happens 99% of girls don't realize it 'til it is too late
and that guy who did it is so frustrated that he has moved on to someone who will take notice.

From a guys point of view:

We don't care if you talk to other guys.
We don't care if you're friends with other guys.
But when you're sitting next to us, and some random guy walks into the room
and you jump up and tackle him without even introducing us, yeah, it pisses us off.
It doesn't help if you sit there and talk to him for ten minutes without even acknowledging the fact that we're still there.

We don't care if a guy calls you, but at 2 in the morning we do get a little concerned.
Nothing is that important at 2 a.m. that it can't wait till he morning.

Also, when we tell you you're pretty/beautiful/gorgeous/cute/ stunning, we freaking mean it.
Don't tell us we're wrong.We'll stop trying to convince you.

The sexiest thing about a girl is confidence.

Yeah, you can quote me.

Don't be mad when we hold the door open.

Take Advantage of the mood im in.

LET US PAY FOR YOU! DON'T 'FEEL BAD'
We enjoy doing it.
It's expected.
Smile and say 'thank you.'

Kiss us when no one's watching.
If you kiss us when you know somebody's looking, we'll be more impressed.

You don't have to get dressed up for us.
If we're going out with you in the first place, you don't have to feel the

need to wear the shortest skirt you have or put on every kind of makeup you own.
We like you for WHO you are and not WHAT you are.
Honestly, i think a girl looks more beautiful when she's just in her pj's.
Or my t-shirt and boxers, not all dolled up.

Don't take everything we say seriously.
Sarcasm is a beautiful thing.
See the beauty in it.
Don't get angry easily.

Stop using magazines/media as your bible.
Don't talk about how hott Morris Chesnutt, Brad Pitt, or Jesse McCartney is in front of us.
It's boring, and we don't care.
You have girlfriends for that.

Whatever happened to the word 'handsome'/'beautiful'.
I'd be utterly stunned by a girl who greeted me with 'Hey handsome!' instead of 'Hey baby/ stud/ cutie/ sexy' or whatever else you can think of.
On the other hand im not sayin i wouldn't like it either.

Girls: I cannot stress this enough: IF YOU AREN'T BEING TREATED RIGHT BY A GUY, DON'T WAIT FOR HIM TO CHANGE. DITCH HIS SORRY DISGRACE-TO-THE-MALE-POPULATION ASS, AND FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL TREAT YOU WITH UTTER RESPECT
Someone who will honor your morals.
Someone who will make you smile when you're at your lowest.
Someone who will care for you even when you make mistakes.
Someone who will love you, no matter how bad you make them feel.
Someone who will stop what theyre doing just to look you in the eyes....and say 'i love you' ..........AND ACTUALLY MEAN IT!

*****Give the nice guys a chance*****

Holdin Hands-
Girls : If you want to hold his hand, gently bump into it a couple of times.
Guys : Grab it if it happens more than once.

Cuddling-
Girls : When you want to cuddle with him, tell him you're cold.
Guys : Automatically move closer to her.

Movies-
Girls : During a movie, if he puts his arm around you, tilt your head on his shoulder
Guys : Lift her chin up and kiss her.

Loving each other-
Guys : When she tells you she loves you, look deep into her eyes, give her a peck on the lips, and tell her you love her too... And mean it.

Laying below the stars-
Girls : When you're both laying under the stars, put your head on his chest and close your eyes as you listen to his steady heart beat
Guys : Whisper in her ear and link your hands with hers. Now make a wish about something you would like to happen Between you and your crush....

Guys: no grabbing!!!

Guys repost this if you agree.

Girls repost this if you think it's cute.

Every Guy who isn't a jerk will agree with this, so we hope that all the girls that read this will repost this .

The True History Of The Hare And The Tortoise

2008-08-26T21:20:00.002+08:00

The True History Of The Hare And The Tortoise
(Written by Lord Dunsany)

For a long time there was doubt with acrimony among the beasts as to whether the Hare or the Tortoise could run the swifter. Some said the Hare was the swifter of the two because he had such long ears, and others said the Tortoise was the swifter because anyone whose shell was so hard as that should be able to run hard too. And lo, the forces of estrangement and disorder perpetually postponed a decisive contest.

But when there was nearly war among the beasts, at last an arrangement was come to and it was decided that the Hare and the Tortoise should run a race of five hundred yards so that all should see who was right.

“Ridiculous nonsense!” said the Hare, and it was all his backers could do to get him to run.

“The contest is most welcome to me,” said the Tortoise, “I shall not shirk it.”

O, how his backers cheered.

Feeling ran high on the day of the race; the goose rushed at the fox and nearly pecked him. Both sides spoke loudly of the approaching victory up to the very moment of the race.

“I am absolutely confident of success,” said the Tortoise. But the Hare said nothing, he looked bored and cross. Some of his supporters deserted him then and went to the other side, who were loudly cheering the Tortoise’s inspiriting words. But many remained with the Hare. “We shall not be disappointed in him,” they said. “A beast with such long ears is bound to win.”

“Run hard,” said the supporters of the Tortoise.

And “run hard” became a kind of catch-phrase which everybody repeated to one another. “Hard shell and hard living. That’s what the country wants. Run hard,” they said. And these words were never uttered but multitudes cheered from their hearts.

Then they were off, and suddenly there was a hush.

The Hare dashed off for about a hundred yards, then he looked round to see where his rival was.

“It is rather absurd,” he said, “to race with a Tortoise.” And he sat down and scratched himself. “Run hard! Run hard!” shouted some.

“Let him rest,” shouted others. And “let him rest” became a catch-phrase too.

And after a while his rival drew near to him.

“There comes that damned Tortoise,” said the Hare, and he got up and ran as hard as could be so that he should not let the Tortoise beat him.

“Those ears will win,” said his friends. “Those ears will win; and establish upon an incontestable footing the truth of what we have said.” And some of them turned to the backers of the Tortoise and said: “What about your beast now?”

“Run hard,” they replied. “Run hard.”

The Hare ran on for nearly three hundred yards, nearly in fact as far as the winning-post, when it suddenly struck him what a fool he looked running races with a Tortoise who was nowhere in sight, and he sat down again and scratched.

“Run hard. Run hard,” said the crowd, and “Let him rest.”

“Whatever is the use of it?” said the Hare, and this time he stopped for good. Some say he slept.

There was desperate excitement for an hour or two, and then the Tortoise won.

“Run hard. Run hard,” shouted his backers. “Hard shell and hard living: that’s what has done it.” And then they asked the Tortoise what his achievement signified, and he went and asked the Turtle. And the Turtle said, “It is a glorious victory for the forces of swiftness.” And then the Tortoise repeated it to his friends. And all the beasts said nothing else for years. And even to this day, “a glorious victory for the forces of swiftness” is a catch-phrase in the house of the snail.

And the reason that this version of the race is not widely known is that very few of those that witnessed it survived the great forest-fire that happened shortly after. It came up over the weald by night with a great wind. The Hare and the Tortoise and a very few of the beasts saw it far off from a high bare hill that was at the edge of the trees, and they hurriedly called a meeting to decide what messenger they should send to warn the beasts in the forest.

They sent the Tortoise.

taken from http://www.flashfictiononline.com/fpublic0009-true-history-hare-tortoise-lord-dunsany.html

2008-08-19T23:56:00.002+08:00

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. - Henry Brooke Adams

If anybody else can do it, you can do it better. - Sonya Carson

2008-08-17T23:39:00.002+08:00

lets see if the pictures wanna appear this time .... Zzzzzzzzzzz

all in the same order as they were supposed to have appeared .. (i think)

and finally the comic strips ... =)

i'm back? ... for now lah ... =/

2008-08-10T23:13:00.002+08:00

i'm back! not sure how long i'll be trying to update my blog regularly ... but it depends on a few factors ... some not within my control :S

anyways .... lets see what has happened so far ...

hmmmmmmmmmmmm.............

a lot has happened ... well ... first off, i'm no longer at innova primary ... kinda missing em ... i'm currently in NIE =)

the strawberry cheese cakes u see there? ... i baked em for my colleagues before i left =P

yeah ... anyways yesterday ... (and in 3 mins it's gonna be day-before yesterday ...)was national day yeah.. and at church, we had 'international day' of worship =) to co-incide with national day ... yeah ... thats the 5th pic on top ...

the day before national day ... (which would be the day before the day before yesterday or 3 days ago) we had national day celebration cum project runway at school (or rather NIE) ...

just a few pictures ... the rest are in my photobucket folder ... drop me a note if u want the link ...

a little brain-dead now ... anyways here are a few comic strips ...

2008-06-17T11:37:00.000+08:00

new high score =/ but still quite low ... =(

TD (flash version)

2008-06-16T23:09:00.001+08:00

lolx ... new record =) ... but the creator scored 90 ... :S

Tower Defence! (flash game .... )

2008-06-16T09:27:00.002+08:00

hahah ... just thought someone out there who happens to read my blog may be interested in this game =)

http://www.jeannettevejarano.com/games/tower-defence.html

i got 66pts .... cos of poor tower build =/ ... will try again later and paybe post a screen shot =P

*update ... 67pts on round 2 ...

birthdays ... birthdays ....

2008-06-16T00:19:00.006+08:00

went for a birthday party last night ... and another today ... whoops i mean sat night and sun afternoon ... ahhaha ... didn't realise that it's already past midnight ... just ... not feeling tired yet =/ ... oh yeah, raked in 3 mosquitoe frags today ... one aedes too >.<

anyways as i was saying ... birthdays birthdays ... just under a month back i went for the 21st birthday party of 2 of my church friends ... sat night was the 21st birthday of my JC classmate .... and sun afternoon for 2 of my church friends ... one 20th, one 15th ... ahh ... whats with all the sudden parties? =X

anyways i only got pics of sunday's party =) no pics from leonard's (my JC classmate) party cos i suspected that there'll be plenty of cameras ... and i was right! so no point bringing another cam there ... hahaha ...

happy birthday guys! (any anyone who's birthday is coming up soon too)

The birthday boys, ZhenMing(left) and Wayne(right) ...

ditto

...

happy birthday! (sorry! forgot to turn the flash on ... >.<")

more happy birthday ... =/

christon making sure that we're all 'in-tune' before starting the song ... LoLx ..

ZhenMing & Wayne cutting their birthday cake ... (i won't comment further about what this looks like ...)

ZhenMing and wayne spraying the cake with air (and whatever else that cometh out of their mouths ... =X)

still cutting the cake ...

and as christon said ..."right, woman go cut the cake!"

life goes on ....

the next 5 years ... ...

2008-06-13T22:37:00.002+08:00

thats what the over-head bridge from Buena Vista MRT station to MOE building looked like at 9+ this morning ...

anyways, like the title states ... this entry is gonna be about the next 5 years ... which have been decided for me ... in a sense ...

well, at least i decided to walk this path =) and i hope i'm with God on this path too =) at least he's cleared the first hurdle for me ... that was the teachers training agreement signing, which was supposed to be on a saturday but, with God's help, was done this morning =]

so well .. the next 5 years? 2 years at NIE then another 3 at (hopefully) innova pri ... where i'm currently at =) before i go back to studying ... well ... that's the plan for now ... at least ..

thank you God =)

life goes on ...

oh dear ....

2008-06-10T22:30:00.002+08:00

how did i possibly forget to blog about the church camp? ... well, it was last weekend ... fri, sat, sun ... at sofitel resort in M'sia ... nothing special about the resort ... only special thing was that it was a combined church camp! the first of it's type =) where the members of all the Seventh-Day Adventist churches came together for 3 days of fun, fellowship and revival ... mainly revival though =X cos there wasn't alot of free time ... but we made do with what we could get =)

was quite surprised to see some people there =) didn't really expect many of the youths from the other churches to be there ... well ... not really sure why i didn't expect them to be there, but i'm glad they were =) yups ... had a good amount of time to catch up with lots of them ... the guys who're now in NS, (now that i've ord-ed =P) or are studying and the girls who are now studying in various places ... also got to know many of the younger youths ... those in pri and sec sch now ... their reactions were quite interesting when they learnt that this 'kor-kor' is already a teacher ... lolx ...

anyways the highlight of the camp was the speaker for the english congregation ... as interestingly enough, he's both a pastor an an ambassador from the Phillipines ... and he's been ambassador for 3 or was it 4 presidents where as most, if not all the other ambassadors lose their position when the president changes ...

his sermons were quite funny and yet had lots of truth and were quite serious and some of his testimonies seem just too amazing to be true .. but yet are true ... only problem is that initially it seems like he's a wee bit arrogant ... but i guess it's his speaking style ... thinking back .. i really enjoyed doug martin's sermons and testimonies during the previous Jurong Church Camps very funny, heart-warming and yet it feels like he's just the guy next door ...

hmm surprisingly i only took a hundred odd photos ... haha ... well ... honestly i was kinda annoyed at being arrowed to be photog again ... sigh ... i mean, it's alright, but do let me know earlier =/ ... i guess the 100 odd photos is cos there really wasn't alot to photograph ... most of the time was pretty sendentary ... unlike the jurong church camps where we have loads of ice-breakers and energizer activities ... (which make awesome photo opportunities!)

Jurong Youth's Special Music =)

Group photo ... with everyone, minus myself and my eldest bro ...

Youth program on sat afternoon ... was on Ellen G White ... so the guys had to take turns and try to carry a replica of the bible she carried ... which weighs 8.5kg! no joke!

yups yups ... 8.5kgs ...

That's the speaker ... Ambassador Bienvenido V. Tejano of Phillipines to New Zealand

kids program ...

some of the younger youths ... or kids =X and Iris on the key-board

and of course ... there was a baptism in the swimming pool on sat evening ...

life goes on ...

vicis, tempus temporis, tractus, hora, aetas

2008-06-10T20:37:00.002+08:00

The various Latin translations of 'time' . . .

I wonder why ... but recently I've been kinda fascinated by Latin ... oh wells ..

anyways it's been some ... erm ... 4 months since I've blogged ... I think I can safely assume no one is gonna check this? .. haha ...

I've been thinking, or rather feeling, that I'm kinda out-of-place with the youths in church etc etc ... cos 1) I'm working and 2) I'm a teacher ... and how many kids can honestly say they love and adore their teachers (certainly not all, but at least most?)

There's also the bit about homework ... haha ... they complaining about giving homework and me about having to mark homework ... lolx ... it's 2 weeks 2 days into the school holidays ... only another 7 working-days of holidays ... darn .. so fast ..

Let me try to quickly sum up how I've spent my holidays so far ..

1)25/5/08 (iirc) 1/6/08
The Records Challenge filming @ sch ..

Spent most of the day in school helping the other teachers and kids get the final touches of the balloon garden done =) =) pix will come soon .. I hope XD then went out with 5 other teachers for a very late lunch ... haha ...

Ok ok … got pics .. but poor quality off my phone … better quality ones will come soon =)

The irony is that I hated ... no no ... abhored the Chinese language when I was in primary school ... and now? I end up going for lunch with not 1, but 5 Chinese teachers! haha ... had lunch at this sushi place ... not sakae sushi .. I think it was genki sushi =)

2) 26/5/08
Art & Craft Work-Shop

spent the morning in school helping at the art & craft workshop =) spent most of the time taking photos though =) cos there were enough parent volunteers and they were doing an amazing job =) will post some photos soon … once I get them off my laptop in school =/

designed some bookmarks for the open-house from the art & craft that the kids produced =) will post them up once they get approved .. then u’ll understand why I said I’m kinda fascinated by latin … hahaha …

rushed off to a medical appt at sgh after that … quite disappointed and annoyed at the docs … cos they didn’t wanna do a MRI … and 4 or 5 docs give different diagnosis and they don’t wanna pen their diagnosis down … and without the hard copy of their diagnosis I’m not getting anywhere … especially when I need a solid diagnosis before I can get my name onto the medical board list to drop-pes status -.-””

3) 28/5/08
Visit to SCDF HQ!

Haha … yeah, some people will think I’m insane … anyways I went back to the camp where I lived out my NS life in … went back to visit my ex-boss, CMO … and see the MO in the medical centre for a memo to request for a MRI and a diagnosis for my knees … hopefully I’ll get somewhere at the next appointment … which is on the first day of term … >.<”

4) 29/5, 3/6, 5/6, 11/6(tomorrow)
Driving lessons!

Yeah, I’m finally learning to drive =) nothing much to say about it at the moment …

That’s it for the re-cap … right now .. I got math worksheets and zippy lessons to plan ..

haix … still waiting for a reply from the person at MOE side about signing the education bond thingy … I hope it all goes fine and I can get the 2 sureties and a weekday date and time when I can go and sign the bond …. If anyone reads this, pls add this to your prayer list k?

life goes on …

it sure has been a long time ...

2008-02-01T21:45:00.000+08:00

yup, it's been a long time ... some people probably don't expect this blog to be updated ... .hahah ... but here it is anyway! =)

about a week back? i did this TTI Success Insights, Personal Interests, Attitudes and Values test ... the results were interesting and enlightening. I figure i probably wouldn't have noticed them unless i spent a couple of hours on objective reflection, if not for the test ...

well, after the results were out, i did a short reflection on the test results ... and i figure i'm a unique case ... haha ... perhaps a nut-case =X

so here are the results for ...

Jeremy Tan
Classroom Teacher

YOUR ATTITUDES RANKING
1st - SOCIAL - Strong
2nd - INDIVIDUALISTIC - Strong
3rd - TRADITIONAL - Situational
4th - THEORETICAL - Situational
5th - UTILITARIAN - Indifferent
6th - AESTHETIC - Indifferent

Notice something unique yet? ... Both social and individualistic took ranks 1 and 2 ... and they're contrasting traits ...

Social - Strong
Those who score very high in this value have an inherent love of people. The social person prizes other people and is, therefore, kind, sympathetic and unselfish. They are likely to find the Theoretical, Utilitarian and Aesthetic attitudes cold and inhuman. Compared to the Individualistic value, the Social person regards helping
others as the only suitable form for human relationships. Research into this value indicates that in its purest form, the Social interest is selfless.

Individualistic - Strong
The primary interest for this value is POWER, not necessarily politics. Research studies indicate that leaders in most fields have a high power value. Since competition and struggle play a large part in all areas of life, many
philosophers have seen power as the most universal and most fundamental of motives. There are, however, certain personalities in whom the desire for direct expression of this motive is uppermost; who wish, above all, for personal power, influence and renown.
-Jeremy likes to be in situations that allow him the freedom to control his destiny and the destiny of others. His team's strategy is to attempt to dilute outsiders' influence on the results of their goals.
(haha ... somehow, it's kinda true =X)

oh wells ... what can i say? .. haha ... anyways another thing that is enlightening ... is how God knows us so much better than we know ourselves ...

TRADITIONAL - Situational
The highest interest for this value may be called "unity," "order," or "tradition." Individuals with high scores in this value seek a system for living. This system can be found in such things as conservatism or any authority that has defined rules, regulations and principles for living.
- He will have strong beliefs within a system that he feels most comfortable with.
- Jeremy lets his conscience be his guide.

THEORETICAL - Situational
The primary drive with this value is the discovery of TRUTH. In pursuit of this value, an individual takes a "cognitive" attitude. Such an individual is nonjudgmental regarding the beauty or utility of objects and seeks only
to observe and to reason. Since the interests of the theoretical person are empirical, critical and rational, the person appears to be an intellectual. The chief aim in life is to order and systematize knowledge: knowledge for the sake of knowledge.
- If Jeremy is truly interested in a specific subject, or if knowledge of specific subject matter is required for success, then he will take the initiative to learn about that subject in great depth. (this is so true)
- Jeremy has the potential to become an expert in his chosen field. (alright! expert! XD)

UTILITARIAN - indifferent
The Utilitarian score shows a characteristic interest in money and what is useful. This means that an individual wants to have the security that money brings not only for themselves, but for their present and future family. This value includes the practical affairs of the business world - the production, marketing and consumption of goods, the use of credit, and the accumulation of tangible wealth. This type of individual is thoroughly practical and conforms well to the stereotype of the average American business person. A person with a high score is likely to have a high need to surpass others in wealth.
- Overemphasizing the value of money will bore Jeremy and turn him off. (so true)

AESTHETIC - Indifferent
A higher Aesthetic score indicates a relative interest in "form and harmony." Each experience is judged from the standpoint of grace, symmetry or fitness. Life may be regarded as a procession of events, and each is enjoyed for its own sake. A high score here does not necessarily mean that the incumbent has talents in creative artistry. It indicates a primary interest in the artistic episodes of life.
- Intellectually, Jeremy can see the need for beauty, but has difficulty buying the finer things in life.
- The utility of "something" is more important than its beauty, form and harmony.

go figure ... lolx ... explains a lot to me .. =)

Lastly ...

Areas in which you have strong feelings or passions compared to others:
You have a strong desire to lead, direct and control your own destiny and the destiny of others. You have a desire to lead and are striving for opportunities to advance your position and influence. Others may believe you are jockeying for position and continually stepping "over the line." They may believe that you form relationships only to "move ahead" and gain an advantage.

Areas where others' strong feelings may frustrate you as you do not share their same passion:
Understanding people who view the world based on return on investment will frustrate you. Other things are more important to you. People who emphasize the need for beauty, form and harmony in all aspects of their life may frustrate you. You have other priorities.

28 Dec ...

2007-12-28T20:28:00.000+08:00

somehow ... it seems like the year has sped up considerably for me since mid december ... well, i guess it's like that whenever there's something big coming up... for me, i guess it's starting school. This time, as a teacher, it's kinda scary .. well, the thought that i was but a JC student a 2 year back (2005) and just finished my NS just over a month back ... (nov 2007)

well, perhaps it's finding out that i'll be a form teacher of a primary 1 class in a new school with 10 pri 1 classes, 2 pri 2 classes, 1 pri 3 class, 1 pri 4 class and no pri 5 or 6 classes .. i always thought that they'd never let contract teachers become form teachers ... well, i thought i'd be an assistant teacher or something, working along-side a senior teacher so it'd be much easier on me .. (in a sense) cos well, honestly, i'd say i haven't much of an idea of what i'm supposed to do in class, what kind of class rules, how to enforce them ... and much much more ... like how to assign seats, groupings, etc etc ...

darn it ... i hope they cover A LOT during the 2 day crash course ....

on the other hand .. i guess it's the thought of suddenly entering the workforce and being treated as an adult and equal by lots of much more senior people, who have been teaching before i entered pri sch myself .. :S

it's jut so strange ... oh yeah .. i still can't remember many names :S

anyways i kinda feel bad cos i'm at home now ... cos i was supposed to be at clementi's 'botak jones' eatery with my cell group ... but the combination of being at school since 9am this morn and reaching home at 4 ... rushing some stuff for my bro's e-shop + being down with the flu... etc etc ... i just kinda fell asleep the moment i hit the bed ... didn't wake up till 6.40pm ... (and we were supposed to meet at 7pm at clementi ... :S) sry guys!! can i treat you guys to lunch/dinner next feb when i get my paycheck as apology?

alright, let's recap and go back to the past 2 weeks ... well ..

16th dec House Warming
whee ... finally had the house warming party ... almost after staying here for 4 months? .. anyways it was pretty nice ... had a few families from church over for dinner & dedicated the home to Christ =) also found out that vegetales is exceptionally good at entertaining kids as well as adults! =X heh heh ...

20th dec House Warming #2 + cookie packing
ok, cos our house isn't really big, we had 2 house warming parties so far (yes, so far ... gonna have ANOTHER one on 1st Jan) this was for a few other families who are closer to my parents and wanted to visit ... and it happened that my eldest brother (nat) had his church's youth over to help pack cookies for their christmas program (why pack cookies at my house, you may ask ... well, it's cos they were baked here ... around 450+ cookies of 3 types ...so around 1350 odd cookies ... quite crazy huh?)

played the game of life and bohnanza. with em ... bohnanza was really fun =) i only wish the rules were clearer =/

22nd-23rd dec sleepover @ andrew's place
yeah, was pretty cool ... pizza dinner + mushroom soup + fried bee hoon + seaweed chicken + baked fries + ginger/cinnamon/clove/raisin/chocolate chip cookies... which pretty much sums up why i fell sick ... =X anyways we had a lan-party =) (pity we only played dota=/) and movie marathon ... watched Hairspray, Transformers and Finding Nemo(i have NO idea who chose this ... :S) played lots of bridge(the card game) too =P and kaylin had a loosing streak lolx ...

24th dec christmas program at church + 8 baptisms on christmas eve =)
ok, the christmas program was pretty good ... i suppose, i kinda felt last year's was better though, the docor this round was really really good though! a huge web of stars strung over the pews from the 2nd floor balcony to the stage ... i guess the baptisms were ment to be the 'highlight' of the night, but i think it was too early and not 'highlighty' enough .. the non-standard dramas were good, only ... perhaps a little over-used =X i think more traditional dramas would be better for christmas =)

25 dec dinner at my aunt's place on christmas day
yups yups ... went to my aunt's place for christmas dinner with my relatives on my dad's side of the family ... met up with my cousins again .. haha ... had dinner, chit-chatted and had fun ... had alcohol free apple cider as well .. haha ..

28th dec Teacher's meeting at Innova Primary School ..
yeah, got a call from the school yesterday, about the meeting today .. well, went there not knowing what to expect .. =/ a bit of a shock to me ... well, i mean realising that i'll have to step up to and take a much larger role than expected ... yeah, got to know a couple of very nice teachers too =) picked a table in the staff room .. it's pretty near the door ... so i guess i can't slack too much =X haha ... i'm thinking of bringing my pyagu to office on monday .. haha ... maybe put up some of the posters and charts on the class room walls as well .. (courtesy of the teacher who was originally meant to take my class! seriously! thank you SOOOO MUCH!!! really appreciate the posters & charts ..) gotta bring a bug, stationary box some stationary etc etc ... cos my table is like ... empty now ... :S

i guess that's it for now ...

Noise ....

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Well .. .hahaha ... i guess this really really goes to show that there is 'visual noise' that distracts us .. VERY easily ...

i mean, i'm just wrapping up my cell grp lesson prep ... and well ... here i am blogging and distracted from what i my prep ....

anyways here's what i really wanted to post =) hope this makes your day and u have a good laugh =)

credit to : http://markjaffrey.blogspot.com/2006/11/top-ten-worst-cell-group-ice-breakers.html
and
http://www.cccsmallgroups.typepad.com/
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Top Ten WORST Cell Group Ice Breakers

10. Share the worst sin you’ve ever committed.

9. If you were God, who would you punish first?

8. Which person in this group do you think needs to find Jesus the most?

7. Which people at your church do you wish would find a different church, and why?

6. If you could erase any verse out of the Bible, which one would it be?

5. Share the juiciest piece of gossip you know so we can pray about it.

4. If you could have anything from your neighbor’s house, what would it be?

3. What’s your favorite of The 10 Commandments to break?

2. If you could change anything about your spouse, what would it be?

1. If you could commit any sin and get away with it, what would it be?

Finally, an update ...

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Nov 30th - Dec 2nd

Annual Church Camp! =D (as usual, click here or the pic to access the full album)

yeah, it was really fun =) and we're quite a wild group .. haha ...

i mean, just take a look at this .. hahaha ... during the 2nd day's 'Gala Dinner' table games ... LoLx ...

see the flying spoon? =P yeah, they had to tie the spoon to rafia string and thread it through everyone ... down the shirt collar and out the pant-leg then up the pant-leg and out of the shirt collar ... O.o ... LoLx ..

that's my table's structure creation ... LoLx ... it came from well ... "just start making squares everyone ... we'll get somewhere" ... hahah ... true enough ...

my table's amazing cheer performance =P ... took us about 2 seconds to finish? =P ..

remember i said we're pretty wild? .. haha ... meet our table's Zoolander (if u dun know who zoolander is, go google it!)

oh yeah, another thing i wanted to blog about was making pizza! yeah .. haha ... made pizza for dinner the other night ... =)

yeah ... i guess thats about it for now ... hmmmz ...

24th Nov .... A lot has happened ...

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i've thought about it ... and i've decided, i won't start this post with the negatives ... as big a deal as it is ... it won't do much to keep lamenting it ...

i shall start with the happier stuff ..

(click the pic to visit the full album) or click HERE

Well, jurong youth had yet another afternoon outing to west coast park =) fun n games ... a short song service, sharing and some organised games before we let loose at the playground there ... hahaa ... only thing is ... i didn't know till a few hours before we went ... -.-" ... lolx ...

anyways, i still went, and still got all soaked in prespiration despite being in formal attire ... =X haha ...

now, the gloomy part ...

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/313592/1/.html

mainly Reuben Kee ... although i never really got to know him well, my brothers and lots of the other guys in church really know him ... and no one would disagree with me saying that he was a darn nice guy, treating everyone really really well ... awesome sportsman and musician ... [http://www.youtube.com/user/ReubenKee]

it's just ... so sudden ... :'(

2007-11-15T12:47:00.001+08:00

hmmmz ... i just realised that i haven't blogged much recently ...well, not alot has happened i guess ... other than ...

1) going back to camp on monday (after a whole month of off+leave XD) and collecting my PINK IC .. yea, it's pink! not blue XD met some of my friends from the same in-take while going around to get the diff people to sign my clearence form =) ... ahh wells .. going back there again tomorrow ... =/ even though i've ORD-ed! =P lolx .. will have to exchange my ic for a visitor pass =/

2) haven't done much except play old pc games .. .ahhaha ... dun exactly like the newer ones ... too graphic intensive ... game play not as nice =/ ..

3) gonna make some cheese cakes later ... dunno if i should make mini ones or just make a big one ... =/

err ... err ... i dunno what else to blog le ... haven't made anything new for a while ...

oh yeah! i need a job!!! =X

Subway-sized cookies

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=P chewy/crunchy choc chip with mint + oat cookies!

*insert snazzy blog name here*